Housing Imaginations – Teaching Plan feb-may 2018

Housing Imaginations – Teaching Plan Hong Kong version (Joseph, Kim-keung Ho) (2018 Feb - May)

Session #	Topics
1 Feb 1	·      Introduction to Housing Imaginations ·      Briefing on assignment 1 Readings: subject syllabus and assignments 1 and 2 docs; Gregory (1994) Facebook page on housing imagination Ho (2014a) Slides on sociological imagination 1; slide 2; slide 3. Slide: sociology and common sense. Slide: Micro and Macro sociology. Slides on geographical imagination: slide 1; slide 2; slide 3.
2 Feb 8	·      The meanings of place I (General) Reading: Cresswell (2009) A basic description of place (a slide). Videos: space and place; sense of place; a slide on sense of place; placemaking. A case study of tin shui wai (on sense of place). Famous sign in place (HK): an example. A slide on humanism. Will go through the article of : Ho, J.K.K. 2014a. “An Endeavor to Establish the subject of Housing Imagination based on Critical Systems Thinking” European Academic Research 2(2), May: 2048-2066.
3 Feb 22	·      The meanings of place II (Hong Kong context) Reading: Ho (2014c; 2016) Videos: case study: sham shui po; the case of place-making; the topic of "place and movement". Placemaking (slides): placemaking and sense making; benefits of place ; reimagining urban space. On healthy place: slide 1; slide 2. HI artifact on sense of place and placemaking: the case of Tseung Kwan O.
4 Mar 1	·      The meanings of space (General + Hong Kong context) Reading: Elden (2009) and Kitchin (2009) Ho (2016) Slides: place and space;  space-time compression; spatial connection; concept of space in geography (1); concept of space in geography (2). Videos: space and place; Doreen Massey on space; transformer home (HK).  A blog article on videos about major sociological perspectives
5 Mar 8	·      The meanings of home (Hong Kong context) Readings: Easthope (2004) and Ho (2014b; 2016; 2018) ·      The meaning of family and marriage (CrashCourse, 2017a) A blog article on home; a video on family and marriage in sociology.; video resources on home study.
6 Mar 15	·      Briefing on assignment 2 ·      Specific applications I: social housing (General + HK context) ·      Reading: Marsh and Mullins. (editors) (199; chapter 8: A prize of citizenship? Changing access to social housing) ·      Facebook album on social housing (with videos on HK examples)   A mind map on public housing (blog article) Videos: the case of Singapore; the case of Australia;  the case of Australia on high income earners; public housing and women (USA); public housing (New York City history) Part 1; part 2. public housing (Japan).
7 Mar 22	·      Specific applications II: social exclusion (General) Readings: Balchin and Rhoden (2002, chapter 14: social exclusion) YouTube video on social exclusion (Khanacademymedicine, 2015). Facebook album on social exclusion and inclusion Two videos on social exclusion and social exclusion lecture; a video on social rejection.
8 Mar 29	·      Specific applications II: social exclusion (Hong Kong context) A thesis on social exclusion: Chan Mei Ma, Gloria (2003)
9 Apr 12	·      Specific applications III: gender (General + HK context) Readings: Balchin and Rhoden (2002, chapter 17: gender and housing); Video to watch "Theories of gender" (CrashCourse, 2017b) Facebook page on gender and feminism (with HK examples)
10 Apr 19	·  Specific applications IV: homelessness (General) Readings: Balchin and Rhoden (2002; chapter 19: homelessness) Facebook page on homelessness (with HK examples) Specific applications IV: homelessness (Hong Kong context) Readings: Balchin and Rhoden (2002; chapter 19: homelessness) Facebook page on homelessness (with HK examples) Ho (2015)
11 Apr 26	·      Presentation – assignment 1: group size is 4 (min. 3; max 5 members) [assignment 1 submission date for all]
12 May 3	·         Presentation – assignment 1

Core Readings:

1.      Balchin, P. and M. Rhoden. 2002. Housing Policy: An Introduction. Routledge, London.

2.      Chan, M.H.  2003. “A sociological Analysis of Social Exclusion: The Case of New Immigrations in Hong Kong” M. Phil. Thesis October, HK Polytechnic University (url address: http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/bitstream/10397/3393/2/b21656617_ir.pdf).

3.      CrashCourse. 2017a. "Theories About Family & Marriage: Crash Course Sociology #37" Youtube.com December 11 (url address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaeiCEro0iU&t=46s).

4.      CrashCourse. 2017b. "Theories of Gender: Crash Course Sociology #33" Youtube.com November 13 (url address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CquRz_cceH8).

5.      Cresswell, T. 2009. “Place” Elsevier. (url address: http://booksite.elsevier.com/brochures/hugy/SampleContent/Place.pdf) [visited at April 17, 2014].

6.      Easthope, H. 2004. “A Place Called Home” Housing, Theory and Society 21(3). Taylor & Francis: 128-138.

7.      Elden, S. 2009. “Space I” International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier: 262-267.

8.      Facebook album on social exclusion and inclusion: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33/media_set?set=a.10152367615967090.1073741919.713727089&type=3

9.      Facebook album on social housing: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33/media_set?set=a.10152354799252090.1073741913.713727089&type=3

10. Facebook page on Gender and Feminism: https://www.facebook.com/literature.gender.feminism/

11. Facebook page on homelessness: https://www.facebook.com/Literature-on-homelessness-907105879398468/

12. Facebook page on housing imagination: https://www.facebook.com/housing.imagination/

13. Gregory, D. 1994. Geographical Imaginations. Blackwell.

14. Ho, J.K.K. 2014a. “An Endeavor to Establish the subject of Housing Imagination based on Critical Systems Thinking” European Academic Research 2(2), May: 2048-2066.

15. Ho, J.K.K. 2014b. “A Research Note on Home Study in Housing Imagination using Soft Systems Methodology” European Academic Research 2(3), June: 3659-3675.

16. Ho, J.K.K. 2014c. “An examination of the place notion for Housing Imagination study based on Systems Thinking” European Academic Research 2(6), September: 7537-7552.

17. Ho, J.K.K. 2015. “A statistical analysis on Facebook-based questionnaire survey data on homelessness perceptions in Hong Kong” European Academic Research 2(2) February: 14366-14381.

18. Ho, J.K.K. 2016. “An elaboration on the space-place-home (sph) matrix for exploring housing-related problem-situations” European Academic Research 3(12) March: 13166-13185.

19. Ho, J.K.K. 2016. Housing Imagination 2016 ebook (url address: http://josephkkho.blogspot.hk/2016/12/housing-imagination-2016-ebook.html).

20. Ho, J.K.K. 2016. Housing studies 2016 ebook (url address: http://josephkkho.blogspot.hk/2016/12/housing-studies-2016-ebook.html).

21. Ho, J.K.K. 2017. "An exploratory exercise to enrich the home notion with a cognitive mapping-based literature review - a study note" Joseph KK Ho e-resources December 22 (url address: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2017/12/an-exploratory-exercise-to-enrich-home.html).

22. Internet resource: Facebook group (closed group) on Housing Studies: https://www.facebook.com/groups/built.environment.jkkho/).

23. Khanacademymedicine. 2015. "Social exclusion" Youtube March 27 (url address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eejmYz0O3YE).

24. Kitchin, R. 2009. “Space II” International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier:  268-275.

25. Marsh, A. and D. Mullins. (editors). 1998. Housing and Public Policy. Open University Press. Buckingham.